A Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight heads west toward Sandpoint along a partially frozen Pend Oreille River between Laclede and Dover, Idaho, on February 5, 2021. POVA operates this portion of ... (more)

Pend Oreille Valley’s Sandpoint turn has just finished interchanging cars with the BNSF at Sandpoint, and is now departing westbound with empties for rail-served customers on the way back to New... (more)

Tracing the shoreline of the Pend Oreille River, Pend Oreille Valley Railroad’s turn to Sandpoint heads west between Dover and Laclede, Idaho, on October 1, 2021.

Slinking through Idaho Forest
The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad turn to Sandpoint stops on the way east at Laclede, Idaho, to pick up a lumber load from Idaho Forest Group’s sawmill on... (more)

On October 1, 2021, the westbound Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight passes through Laclede, Idaho. POVA operates this portion of the former Great Northern main line between Newport and Sandpoin... (more)

Amid early autumn color, the westbound Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight heads toward Laclede, Idaho, along the Pend Oreille River on October 1, 2021. POVA operates this portion of the former G... (more)

A 12-car Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight heads west toward Sandpoint along the Pend Oreille River between Laclede and Dover, Idaho, on February 5, 2021. POVA operates this portion of the form... (more)

The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad turn operating to the BNSF interchange at Sandpoint is approaching the Syringa Heights Road grade crossing between Dover and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the morning of Fe... (more)

A Pend Oreille Valley freight heads east over Trickle Creek near Wrencoe, Idaho on its way from Newport, WA to Sandpoint, ID where it will interchange traffic with BNSF. The line is Great Northern... (more)

This Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight has just finished switching Riley Creek Lumber at Laclede, Idaho, and is now headed to Sandpoint on October 12, 2017. The short line operates on a portion... (more)

POVA 1745 leads its train towards the junction with Union Pacific at Dover, ID on its way from Newport, WA to Sand Point, ID to interchange traffic with BNSF. It will wait for over two hours to ac... (more)

Heading west toward Sandpoint along the Pend Oreille River is a Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight between Laclede and Dover, Idaho, on October 12, 2017. The short line operates on a portion of ... (more)

The crew on POVA 1745 waits, then waits some more for Union Pacific to move two freights through Dover before they can get on the UP (former Great Northern) for the last lap into Sand Point, ID an... (more)

Before heading north to British Columbia I wanted to make sure I managed to capture a good shot of the west end of BNSF's Lake Pend Orielle bridge. With that accomplished it was time to head north... (more)